Sunday, November 20, 2011
Yesterday started off with a trip to Lowes. I imagine a lot of the coming days will start with a trip to Lowes... Anyway, after getting a couple small projects done, we headed towards the Notre Dame stadium with plans to find some tickets to the game vs. Boston College. We were kind of anticipating a blowout by ND, but it's still fun to go!
We walked up to some shoppes south of campus, and while my dad was in the bookstore, I scouted out the scalpers. They were buying tickets from people who had extras for like $5, and then trying to sell them for face value (at least $80)... Not happening.
Instead we walked through the tailgates, and there was a kid selling extra tickets their family wasn't going to use. So we got the pair for less 50% of face value. Yay us.
And then we went to the stadium, got some food, and found our seats. I got a hamburger with mashed potatoes on it. It's called a Legends burger, and it was practically invented for me.
The game was much closer than expected. And there were a couple surprises. At some point, Jon Bon Jovi came out and was "directing the band" in the stands. I don't think there was much directing happening, but he was definitely there!
At halftime, the band did normally does a halftime show, but this week they decided it would be cooler to make up a whole new show to songs made famous by Chicago... and they thought it would also be cool to have Chicago there to sing along...
I think the most impressive part was that the band learned a whole new show just for this day.
And then, during the second half, my dad bought me $5 hot chocolate. He must love me, because that's a lot for hot chocolate... but it was cold and I didn't bring gloves. It made me warm.
Day 1 of vacation ended with us walking home, meeting up with someone he knows from work at Corby's (a bar) for a bit, then getting pizza at 11 at night.
Day 1: Success.
We walked up to some shoppes south of campus, and while my dad was in the bookstore, I scouted out the scalpers. They were buying tickets from people who had extras for like $5, and then trying to sell them for face value (at least $80)... Not happening.
Instead we walked through the tailgates, and there was a kid selling extra tickets their family wasn't going to use. So we got the pair for less 50% of face value. Yay us.
And then we went to the stadium, got some food, and found our seats. I got a hamburger with mashed potatoes on it. It's called a Legends burger, and it was practically invented for me.
The game was much closer than expected. And there were a couple surprises. At some point, Jon Bon Jovi came out and was "directing the band" in the stands. I don't think there was much directing happening, but he was definitely there!
At halftime, the band did normally does a halftime show, but this week they decided it would be cooler to make up a whole new show to songs made famous by Chicago... and they thought it would also be cool to have Chicago there to sing along...
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| Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree (side note: what movie do you think of??) |
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| 25 or 6 to 4 (the formation is starting to change to its hard to read) |
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| I think that's pretty clear... |
And then, during the second half, my dad bought me $5 hot chocolate. He must love me, because that's a lot for hot chocolate... but it was cold and I didn't bring gloves. It made me warm.
Day 1 of vacation ended with us walking home, meeting up with someone he knows from work at Corby's (a bar) for a bit, then getting pizza at 11 at night.
Day 1: Success.
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